kickers

plural of kicker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kickers
Noun
  • Dolce Vita Notice Sneakers Colorful sneakers aren’t going anywhere, and these bold lavender and orange kicks from Dolce Vita are an easy gateway into the trend with a far more manageable price point than other competing options.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Lynch was demoted after making just four of his 10 attempts, missing a potential game-winning 33-yard field goal in the Spartans’ 16-14 loss to Central Michigan and two kicks from less than 30 yards in SJSU’s 30-29 loss to Stanford.
    Aaron Johnson, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New York’s start to the 2025 season has been one of the biggest surprises.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Yep, some of those names are nice surprises.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the bombshells in the book focused on Prince Andrew, who dropped use of his royal titles last week in response.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Then de Moura decided to drop a few bombshells of her own, accusing her former bestie of not just cheating with her but with two men.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The union regularly receives financial disclosures from every club, but under the condition that the union keeps them confidential.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The company also performed better than the industry average in its disclosures and commitments score and its waste generation score.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stocks sink on concerns about regional bank loans US stocks turned lower on Thursday as jitters spread on Wall Street about credit market turmoil and regional banks’ exposures to bad loans.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In today’s digital age, where people are constantly exposed to images of celebrities in their homes, in public, and across their devices, social-media algorithms reinforce these exposures.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These revelations triggered a wave of panicked news stories, and soon the internet was full of startups offering blue-light-blocking glasses and screen filters.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Among the many shocking revelations was the reason why Adriana de Moura and Julia Lemigova are no longer friends.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For the pessimists, Coreweave is Lucent or Nortel.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Kickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kickers. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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